gregg: ambassador susan rice now breaking her silence and defending her controversial comments on the benghazi terror attacks. republicans claim susan rice either wittingly or unwittingly misled americans days after the raid when she claimed the assault grew out of a spontaneous protest related to a youtube video. well, stephen hayes joins us now to talk about it, senior writer at the weekly standard and a fox news contributor. steve, happy black friday to you. [laughter] >> morning, gregg. gregg: hey, listen, rice claims she relayed solely and squarely, those are her words, on the information provided to her by the intel community. is that good enough to absolve her? >> no, i don't think it is in any respect. i mean, first of all, as a spokesman for the administration, you have an obligation to make sure that the information that you're presenting is accurate information. and i would be shocked to learn that she didn't have some kind of a sit-down session with these intelligence community representatives where she went back and forth and asked them, pressed them on their case if this